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Is Gradle released under a dual license? Why does contributing some code to Gradle via a PR require that the contributor releases the Gradle source code to The Linux Foundation? What is the relationship between Gradle and The Linux Foundation?

<https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/464c82fce5b8cb260671d36a35f53ac4d7fe8c7c/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md?plain=1#L10>

I believe you're mixing up the copyright for the DCO text itself with code released under the terms of the DCO. i.e. contributions to Gradle.

So Gradle contributions are not "released to the LF", and Gradle is not an LF project. It just happened so that the concept of a DCO was invented by the LF.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developer_Certificate_of_Origin>

it is notably *not* a CLA, it does not grant any rights. it is an affirmation that "yes, I have the right to provide this code under the project's license"

ahh you're right <@U01N075J77D>, I misread it